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Tullamore Distillery, Sean's Bar, Clonmacnoise enroute to Galway
If you need to travel from Dublin to Galway and want to turn the journey into something memorable, this private chauffeur service transforms a three-hour motorway drive into a full day of whiskey, history, and some of Ireland’s most important heritage sites. You travel in a luxury Mercedes-Benz with a professional driver, stopping at three remarkable locations along the way.
The first stop is Tullamore D.E.W. Distillery in the Irish Midlands, where you can take a tour of the production facility and enjoy a tasting of their triple-distilled, triple-blend whiskey. From Tullamore, you continue to Athlone and Sean’s Bar - recognised as Ireland’s oldest pub, with records stretching back over a thousand years. The walls of this place have absorbed more stories than most history books, and a pint or a whiskey here feels like a genuine connection to Ireland’s past.
Before reaching Galway, you stop at Clonmacnoise, a 6th-century monastic settlement on the banks of the River Shannon. The high crosses, round towers, and ruined churches here are among the most important early Christian sites in Europe, and the setting - overlooking the river and the flat Shannon floodplain - is hauntingly beautiful. You arrive in Galway having experienced a cross-section of Ireland that most visitors never see, all from the comfort of a luxury vehicle with WiFi, water, and phone chargers.